Life in 1960s and 1970s

[lordstanher]

Some major features of those pics:
1. Almost every male had a moustache

I thot tat was mainly in the South.......it is even today!
And yes, needless to say almost every male had thick pair of sideburns, of varying lengths- depending on the choice of the guy!

2. The only type of specs was the black rimmed thick specs - Ladies always had Oval specs

Yep, my mom had those kind of specs- black oval framed- for years! Until like 15 yrs ago!

3. Ladies were mostly in sleeveless blouses.

Hmm........well, my mom tells me tat was the trend mostly in the north......she said they were rather conservative abt those here in the South (except maybe for the higher class women).......funny thing is they still r conservative abt sleeveless blouses in the south even today altho they don't mind the low-cut/low-back ones tat r popular today among all classes.......!
My mom also told me there were these "boat-cut" blouses in the '70s.....not exactly low-cut but cut like a boat at the top.......very popular esp. in early '70s movies......
Btw, how come u missed out the large-ish gold earrings tat ladies used to wear in those days??
Not to mention the large 'nest-like' buns they made from their hair (again mostly the high-class ladies) & also fancy Sarees w/ large, flower patterns (sumtimes even gaudy) on them!

5. The sad part is that even as late as late 70s and early 80s, they used to leave long hair on little boys and comb them into 2 plaits. I was a victim of that though I would be merrily grinning in the photo

I had them too when I was 2-2.5 yrs old!
So one day when my sis took me to her school (a girls' one), her classmates/friends admired her "sister" all day.......she was really exasperated convincing everyone at the end of the day tat I was her brother!

6. There used to be an aluminium box which was the most common school bag used by guys.

And I thot girls as well.....? I rem. a few students still using these boxes even around 1987, in my early days of school (UKG/1st standard).......they were subsequently banned in our school a few years later.......prob. bcos they can be really noisy & thus cause disturbance.....?